It’s raining hypocrisy: Australia seeks to water down COP26 outcomes as extreme weather slams country

The UK has released a first draft of the UN climate summit text, which calls on all nations to accelerate the phase out of coal and urges those that failed to bring stronger 2030 targets to COP26 to do so by the end of 2022.

Meanwhile, Australia has joined a coalition of countries working to water down those very proposals, seeking to have the 2030 targets mandate altered or removed. 

China and the US have issued a surprise joint declaration stating the two superpowers will set aside their geopolitical rivalries to tackle climate change within the next decade through “concrete and pragmatic” cooperation.

COP26 climate summit draft may be ‘a rude shock’ for PM Scott Morrison

The UK, which is hosting the UN climate change summit, has released a first draft of what will be the summit’s most important document and it calls on all nations to accelerate the phase out of coal.

Australia among nations trying to soften COP26 declaration

Australia has joined a coalition of countries working to water down a key proposal from the Glasgow climate summit which would pressure the Morrison government to overturn its opposition to a more ambitious 2030 emissions reductions target.

‘Existential crisis’: United States and China stun COP26 with joint climate change pact

China and the United States have made a shock joint statement at the Glasgow climate talks, declaring climate change to be an existential crisis demanding co-operation between the superpowers.

Man rescued after attempting to cross floodwater in Alice Springs as record rain slams country

A man has had to be rescued after a river that usually runs dry burst its banks amid torrential rain across central Australia.

Central Melbourne could generate three-quarters of its power from solar panels, study suggests

By integrating more solar panels into roofs, walls and windows, the City of Melbourne could generate 2,354 gigawatt hours of energy a year – equivalent to 74% of its current electricity consumption, a Monash University research suggests.